Las Caldas: loud riverside parties on the Nalón and city hall inaction
Residents of Las Caldas, Oviedo, report mass parties with loudspeakers along the Nalón: groups of 70 people, tents from 10 AM, migraines and municipal inaction.
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Las Caldas: noise from mass parties on the Nalón pushes residents to the limit
Residents of Las Caldas, in Oviedo, Spain, have had enough. And no wonder: for weeks now, the banks of the Nalón river have become a spot for massive street drinking that goes beyond any limit of coexistence. Groups of up to 70 people set up tents from 10 in the morning and blast loudspeakers at full volume. The result: migraines, sleep disturbances and a frustration that has gone beyond verbal complaints.
A public health problem with evidence
Those affected have gathered video recordings and medical reports documenting the health damage. They say they have repeatedly alerted the Local Police, but the response has been insufficient. "Radio Kilombo at full blast 24 hours a day," one resident sums up. The situation has become chronic, with loudspeakers echoing hundreds of meters away.
The administrative machinery is not moving
Residents are preparing a formal complaint to be sent to the Oviedo City Council. They demand that those responsible be identified and that noise ordinances be enforced. But skepticism is spreading: in other parts of the city, similar complaints have come to nothing. Some comments on social media suggest that, without decisive intervention, the mass parties will continue.
If the city council does not act, the conflict will only escalate. But the history of this kind of complaint suggests that, without judicial or media pressure, nothing will change. Meanwhile, the residents of Las Caldas still cannot sleep.
Residents of Las Caldas, in Oviedo, Spain, have had enough. And no wonder: for weeks now, the banks of the Nalón river have become a spot for massive street drinking that goes beyond any limit of coexistence. Groups of up to 70 people set up tents from 10 in the morning and blast loudspeakers at full volume. The result: migraines, sleep disturbances and a frustration that has gone beyond verbal complaints.
A public health problem with evidence
Those affected have gathered video recordings and medical reports documenting the health damage. They say they have repeatedly alerted the Local Police, but the response has been insufficient. "Radio Kilombo at full blast 24 hours a day," one resident sums up. The situation has become chronic, with loudspeakers echoing hundreds of meters away.
The administrative machinery is not moving
Residents are preparing a formal complaint to be sent to the Oviedo City Council. They demand that those responsible be identified and that noise ordinances be enforced. But skepticism is spreading: in other parts of the city, similar complaints have come to nothing. Some comments on social media suggest that, without decisive intervention, the mass parties will continue.
If the city council does not act, the conflict will only escalate. But the history of this kind of complaint suggests that, without judicial or media pressure, nothing will change. Meanwhile, the residents of Las Caldas still cannot sleep.
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